· Private foundation
J Ralph and Lois Stone Family Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
95% of J Ralph and Lois Stone Family Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year J Ralph and Lois Stone Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $245k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k5 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k15 grants · $220k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $30,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| REDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK | $20,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| CAMP PALS | $15,000 |
| CANINE COMPANIONS | $15,000 |
| FRIDAY NIGHT OUT | $15,000 |
| COMMUNITY OF CHRIST - NOVATO YOUTH | $10,000 |
| CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT | $10,000 |
| YOUNG LIFE - SAN RAMON | $10,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA ROSA | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| UNITED ANGLERS OF CASA GRANDE | $10,000 |
| ACHIEVE TAHOE | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $108k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +76% since the first grant, against +61% for those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2022, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call). Read against FY2022, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- REREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK7× · 2017–2023 · $140k · revenue +118%
- FNFriday Night Out6× · 2018–2023 · $78k · revenue +14% · 55% of their budget
- CCCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC7× · 2017–2023 · $65k · revenue +76%
Funded once
- NBNorth Bay Fire Reliefone grant, 2017 · $50k
- SFSRHS Foundation Fire Relief Fundone grant, 2017 · $15k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $15k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
San Francisco CASA transforms the lives of children and youth traumatized and displaced in the foster care and related systems by providing one consistent, caring volunteer advocate, trained to address each childs needs in the court and…
Sonoma county family ymca seeks to enhance the lives of all people through programs designed to develop spirit, mind and body. at the y, strengthening our community is our cause. we believe that positive, lasting personal and social change…
Special olympics provides athletic opportunities to children and adults with intellectual disabilities to instill the confidence needed to succeed in life.
We are a catalyst of equitable transformation, aligning partners and resources to implement values-based, data-driven, community-led solutions that help families reach their full potential. our vision - we see sonoma county transformed…
The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.
California casa was founded in 1987. its mission is to ensure that children and youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems have both a voice and the services they need to thrive. we achieve this by strengthening and empowering…
Located in scenic Napa Valley, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art engages its community in the connective power of art and nature through its permanent collection of Northern California art, contemporary exhibitions, and thought-provoking…
CASA recruits, trains, and supports community volunteers who advocate for chidren and youth throughout their journey in foster care.
To enhance the quality of life for all people whose lives are touched by Down Syndrome
Camp Revolution provides a safe, fun and motivational overnight outdoor camping experience for differently-abled teens and adults. Our goal is to empower each camper with confidence, boost self-esteem, experience outdoor adventures and…
The Organization recruits, trains and supports adult community volunteers who are assigned to advocate for youth, ages 0 through 21, who are in the child welfare or juvenile justice system. These volunteers are often the only consistent…
How this is measured
15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 51 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
- Who funds REDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds Friday Night Out ↗
- Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED ANGLERS OF CASA GRANDE INC ↗
- Who funds THE ZONES ↗
- Who funds THE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT ↗
- Who funds PALS Programs ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds ACHIEVE TAHOE ↗
- Who funds DOWN SYNDROME CONNECTION OF THE BAY AREA ↗
- Who funds CONTRA COSTA FAMILY JUSTICE ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds Court Appointed Special Advocates ↗
- Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE REDWOOD EMPIRE ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization J Ralph and Lois Stone Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from J Ralph and Lois Stone Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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